William and Kate are expecting their first child, follow Pope Benedict XVI on Twitter, demonstration on World Disability Day in Srinagar, Santa Dash with soccer ties and more in today’s daily brief.

A car keeper poses for a picture in Lima on November 29, 2012. Peruvians of African descent are stuck in the lowest level of the social scale, working mostly as porters at hotels or carrying coffins at funerals. (Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict XVI’s twitter account is pictured on a smart phone in front of the Twitter logo displayed on a laptop in this photo illustration taken in Rome December 3, 2012. Benedict’s new handle on Twitter will be @pontifex, beating out other contenders that had been considered to showcase the thoughts of one of the world’s most visible leaders. The Vatican said on Monday that the pope will start tweeting on December 12. (Max Rossi/Reuters)

Kenya Wildlife Service officials stand next to turtles killed by poachers near the Jomo Kenyatta Public Beach at the coastal port town of Mombasa December 3, 2012. (Joseph Okanga/Reuters)

Indian police officers block the way of a member of All Jammu and Kashmir Handicapped Association (AJKHA) before detaining him during a protest to mark World Disability Day in Srinagar December 3, 2012. Police detained nearly a dozen members of AJKHA in Srinagar as they were trying to highlight their problems and demands, AJKHA said. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)

A disabled child holds a placard during a demonstration to mark the World Disability Day in Srinagar December 3, 2012. (Fayaz Kabli/Reuters)

A diamond cutter shows a rough stone while working on it in his work place in Santa Elena de Uairen in the south of Venezuela. In the triangle that connects Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana a huge number of illegal gold and diamonds prospectors or garimpeiros dream of changing their lives overnight by finding a huge bonanza. Picture taken November 12, 2012. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)

Trucks are parked at the Gioia Tauro commercial harbor. Italian manufacturing activity contracted for the 16th straight month in November, and at a slightly faster pace than the month before, as both domestic and foreign orders declined, a survey showed on Monday. Picture taken November 8, 2012. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

A storage area for Parmesan cheese wheels is pictured at a warehouse owned by Credito Emiliano bank in Montecavolo, near Reggio Emila, central Italy. Hundreds of thousands of golden wheels of the famed cheese are stocked and looked after in the warehouse owned by Credito Emiliano as both their flavour and monetary value grows. Picture taken on November 28, 2012. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)

A giant sign that reads SOS is seen in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary near the ArcelorMittal Florange-Hayange blast furnace in Hayange, Eastern France, December 3, 2012. The ArcelorMittal blast furnaces will not be halted before April 2013 according to the French CFDT labour union head who reported having received guarantees from the government. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)

A Congolese government army (FARDC) soldier stands with his gun during a military address at a military base in Sake in the east of the DR Congo on December 3, 2012. FARDC Colonel Jean-Claude Yav from the Joint-Verification Mechanism addressed Congolese troops this morning ahead of an expected move to Goma later today. (Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images)

A boy dances to celebrate government army FARDC soldiers return to Goma in the DR Congo December 3, 2012. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Britain’s Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are seen travelling to Buckingham Palace in the 1902 State Landau, along the Procession Route, after their wedding in Westminster Abbey, in central in this London April 29, 2011 file photograph. Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting a baby, the prince’s office said on December 3, 2012. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters File Photo)

Runners dressed in Father Christmas costumes take part in the annual five kilometer Santa Dash in Liverpool, north-west England, on December 2, 2012. Many runners wear a blue suit, usually supporters of Everton FC, who refuse to run in the colors of their city rivals Liverpool FC. (Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images)

Valery Shevchenko, 40, dressed as Santa Claus, ice sails on the frozen Bolshoye lake near the village of Parnaya, about 211 milessouthwest of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 2, 2012. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

An Israeli man fishes in the Mediterranean sea after sunset at a beach in the southern city of Ashkelon December 3, 2012. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Smoke rises in the Hanano and Bustan al-Basha districts in the northern city of Aleppo on December 1, 2012 as fighting continues through the night. A large rebel force launched an offensive on one of the few army bases in northwestern Syria still in the hands of loyalist forces and as fighting near Damascus closed the main road to the airport. (Javier Manzano/AFP/Getty Images)

A picture shows a basket containing black Perigord truffles during the first truffle market of the season in Saint-Alvere, near Bergerac in Dordogne, southern France, on December 3, 2012. (Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images)

Victim of a landmine, Cambodian Tun Chan Nareth (C) gestures at the opening of the 12th assembly of countries party to the International Ottawa Treaty banning the use of landmines on December 3, 2012 at the United Nations offices in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

A moon bear is seen during a visit of actress Ali MacGraw at the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Dao National Park, north of Hanoi December 3, 2012. MacGraw is in Vietnam on a campaign to raise awareness for the protection of the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre, a home for 103 rescued moon bears, which is now under pressure to close for a tourist project, according to Animals Asia’s founder and Chief Executive Officer Jill Robinson. (Kham/Reuters)

Socialite Paris Hilton wears a “tilak,” the Hindu traditional mark, on her forehead and a saffron-coloured scarf as she leaves after a visit to the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai, December 3, 2012. Hilton is attending a fashion event as a DJ in western India. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine are expecting a baby, destined to be the country’s future monarch, the prince’s office said on Monday.

“Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby,” the office said in a statement.

“The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry and members of both families are delighted with the news.”

The couple, officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, married in April last year, prompting a global media frenzy and there has been much speculation, particularly in U.S. gossip magazines, about a possible pregnancy.

The statement said Catherine was in the King Edward VII Hospital in Central London suffering from very acute morning sickness. She is likely to remain there for several days.

It said her condition required supplementary hydration and nutrients. There was no detail about when the baby was due, with the statement stating the pregnancy was in its early stages.

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